Furring-nail.



A. M. STINE.

F'URRING NAIL.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. I4. I9I7- Patented. Jan. 29, 1918.

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a? II. STINE, 015 LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, A SSIGNOR OIf ONE-FOURTH T0?FRIED E. POT'IS, DE LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

JEURRING-NML.

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Application filed March It, 1917. Serial No. 154,723.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Anson M. STINE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State ofCalifornia, have invented a new and useful Furring-N ail, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to devices of the character designed;to'fastenmetal lath 1n place and-an object of the-invention is toprovide a device which can be used in place of the usual wood furringstrips and the ordinary nails. 1

In plastering buildings or other structures, for instance the exteriorof houses which are to have plaster or stucco external finish, it iscustomary in general practice to fasten strips of wood, termed furringstrips, to the boards forming the sheathing, said strips generallyextending vertically. The metal lath, generally some form of expandedmetal lath, is then nailed to the furring strips and finally the plasteror stucco work is put in place on the metal lath. In

buildings so constructed the plaster or stucco cracks at the furringstrips, the cracking possibly being caused by the differen'ce inexpansion and contraction of the wood and metal in the structure, andpossibly also being due tothe fact that the plaster is not firmly bondedto'the metal lath at the places where the furring strips occur onaccount of it being impossible for the plaster to pass through theopenings in the lath and hook over the backs of the lath adjacent thefurring strips.

An object of this invention-is to make provision for allowing theplaster to flow through the openings in the lath over practically theentire area of the Wall so that the plaster will be of substantiallyuniform thickness throughout said wall, thus minimizing the crackingtendency.

Another object is to produce a furring nail of maximum simplicity forefifecting the foregoing objects.

The invention also relates to the method of making the improved nail.

Uther objects and advantages will appear in the subjoineddetail-description.

The accompanying drawings, illustrate the invention:

Figure l is a side view of a furrin% nail embodying the invention, saidnail eing shown in place in a wall, a fragment at which is also shown,the plaster or atueeu Specification of Letters Patent.

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being indicated in broken lines and dotted lines indicating thelath-holding member of the nail bent over into lath-holdin position.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged view 0 the nail shown in Fig. l.

Fig. 3 is a side view of the nail after it is partly made and before theabutments are bent therefrom.

Figs. 4, 5 and 6 are indicated by w", m Fig. 3.

There is provided a shank 1 adapted to penetrate the lath support orsheathing indicated at 2. The shank 1 is preferably provided with apoint 3 so that it may readily be driven into the sheathing as shown inFig. 1. The shank 1 projects from one end of an enlarged body portion 4and from the other end of said body portion there pro jects alath-holding member 5 preferably provided with a head 6 to facilitatedriving of the nail.

Projecting from the same end .of the body 4- as the member 5 andsubstantially at right angles to the shank 1 is an abutment T, and projcting from the same end of the body 4 as the shank 1 is an abutment 8substantially at right angles to the member 5. Thus the abutments 7 and8 project in opposite directions from the body 4 and are at right anglesto the axis of the nail. Notches 9 are preferably provided between theadjacent ends of the shank 1 and abutment 8 and also between theadjacent ends of the member 5 and abutment 7 Thus when the nail isdriven into the sheathing as shown in Fig. 1 the abutment 8 will restsnugly against the sheathing, the notch 9 adjacent the sheathingpermitting this.

In the had shown in the drawings the shank 1, member 5, and abutments'2', 8 are shown of half round cross section and the body a is circularin cross section. The reason for this is that this nail may be formed,as shown in Fig. 3 of a rod or wire of circular cross section. Themethod of making this nail from a rod or wire of circular cross sectionis to split, saw or otherwise bifurcate the end portions of the rod asshown in Fi 3, the split or slot being indicated at It), and to thenbend one furcation at each end of the rod outward from the adjacent.furcation and at rightangles thereto to form the abut ments 7, 8. Thenthe abutments 7, 8 will be cut ed to make them of the desired lengths.

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above constructed are driven into the sheathing as shown in Fig. 1 withthe abutmcnts 8 engaging the outer face of the sheathing. The metallath, indicated at 11, will then be placed in position, the members 5readily passing through some of the perforations 12 of said lath. Thelath will then be forced tightly against the abutments 7 and the members5 will be bent inward against the lath as indicated in broken lines ata, Fig. 1.

Finally the plaster or stucco b will be applied to the outer face of thelath as indi cated in broken lines in Fig. 1.

It is readily seen that the abutments 7 and 8 serve to space the lath 11from the sheathing 2, the space being indicated at c. When the plasteror stucco is applied to the lath it flows through the openings 12 of thelath and hooks over the back of said lath and it is noted that thishooking over of the plaster can occur over a maximum area of the lathbecause none of the openings in the lath are obstructed by the woodenfurring strips, commonly employed in practice heretofore.

I claim:

1. A furring nail having a shank adapted to be driven into sheathing,having an abutment to engage the outer face of said sheathing, having asecond abutment spaced from the first named abutment to engage the innerface of metal lath, and having a headed member adapted to pass throughthe lath and to be bent inward toward the lath to hold said lath againstthe second abutment.

2. A furring nail having a shank adapted to be driven into sheathing,having means projecting from opposite sides of the shank to space metallath from the sheathing, and having a headed member adapted to projectthrough the metal lath and to be bent inward toward said lath to holdthe lath against movement away from the sheathing.

3. A furring nail having a shank, abutments projecting laterally fromthe shank at different locations lengthwise of said shank, and a headedmember adapted to be bent toward the shank substantially as and for thepurpose described.

Signed at Los Angeles, California, this 8th day of March 1917.

' ARDON M. STINE.

Witnesses:

L. BELLE WEAVER, ,LARA K. LUCAS.

